Hi all I plan on doing a follow up video next month (time off at work lol) on how it has worked, I will be showing why I did it this way and what some comments have been like good and bad. And what if any my plans are next. THIS IS NOT A HOW TO, OR SPONSORED VIDEO, AS MOST OF YOU CAN TELL IT'S AN AMATEUR VIDEO ( SOME CAN'T TRUST ME LOL) Sorry for shouting but some need to get it through to their brains, that I am trying to stop damp in my house and I have never done anything like this before. Thanks for reading my bit of a rant see you in December.
Please show the plaster inside your house to see if it has dried. Also did you have to replaster or was it ok to paint over? Thanks for the video, very helpful.
Hi again due to some setbacks the update will be soon, was hoping for end of last month but work and family life has got in the way, including being a grandad for the first time to an impatient boy who decided to come out 14 weeks early, so as you can imagine rather time consuming.
I did this for a client last year. Brilliant bit of kit........all i did different was 1....wear some knee pads...!! & 2.....adapt my hoover nozzle with some heated up & moulded tubing to speed up the cleaning of the debris from the holes. Nice vid mate, hope it`s cleared the damp.
Fortunately this is a good video, There is everything lots of good footage of the operation with good tips of marking the wall with tape to make it look easy. He took time to show us , he didnt have to.
I was thinking of having a go with this myself as i had loads of damp walls in my bungalow, however as it needed treated from the inside, there was loads of plastering etc so i got a company in to do it. I had a few good convos with the guys doing it, one thing they did tell me....if the damp on your walls inside the home is above 1 meter, then chances are its not rising damp, as the weight of the water rising against gravity does not travel higher than 1 meter. I had 8 internal walls treated, that was the plaster taken off to 1 meter, the injection damp proof, and then a membrane along the wall followed by new boards and plaster. They also told me that the injection / rods were only around 30% effective in their experience, and really its the membrane on the walls that stops anything coming back through. Not that I have a clue about damp, just thought i'd relay the information in case it can help someone. Anyway, great video mate, very helpful to anyone thinking of having a go.
Used these , three months on, the rods look just the same, the mortar in my wall is still reading 33% on my meter, ( and this is in the summer months ) which is the maximum it will go to. I think I have been conned, big time. Thank god I only did a 10 foot interior wall, as a test before doing the whole house.
Hi I've watched this video very educational thanks, i can't find the other one showing the job once completed the one you said you was going to do next.
Thanks very much for the video. I am trying to decide whether I am going to have to do from both the inside and the outside walls separately with cut dryrods, or whether I could do the same as yourself. I saw 'Skill Builder' do the same as you, but he never answers comments so no idea if it worked. The rod will bridge the cavity, but so do wall ties, so not sure if this is an issue or not. So the big question, three years on, is has it worked? Thanks.
I'd maybe look for other sources damp, ie condensation. Raised external ground levels. Blocked drains/broken drains. Inadequate rainwater disposal. Blocked or missing sub floor air vents. Modern plastic paints. Cement renders. Gypsum plastic. ..... to name a few
Hi ,if I understand correctly this kit is used internally after removal of skirting and old plaster . I would be interested to hear what others think. Thanks
Hi mate Thanks for sharing video. Can you please tell me if it sorted out the rising damp. I have a similar problem and wonder if this is a good solution. Cheers
@@amateurlifers9797 haha I forgot to put the kettle on, broke a drill (cable snapped 🤣) but managed to do it in the end. Lass has just made an afternoon tea as apparently I deserve it haha.
@@jamesstephenson1983 had my battery drill go down 2 weeks ago my drop saw and i bought a table saw as well spent my holiday pay already on tools lol, and when i did dryrods i had to make my own teas lol glad you got it sorted 👍
@@amateurlifers9797 thats my kinda luck that. I need a table saw to sort out sawing up the old fence to burn in the chiminea. Yeah finally got sorted, all thanks to this vid :)
@@jamesstephenson1983 was going to get table saw from b&q they was £50 for a small one, but they didn't have any. Went to screwfix and got a titan one with own legs for £99 alot bigger than the b&q but bigger is always better lol
Thanks for video I'm planning to do soon much appreciated with instruction not sure if I still need to take plaster off from inside to do the same or will be enough to do it from out side how was the affect did this product did well ?? thanks you so much
Thanks for sharing your experience I think this is something I can do myself now… but before I do… How well has it worked? Did you see any benefit to the process over time?
Hi the wall inside upstairs was very cold to the touch but now it seems better, I'm going to leave it a bit more before I check it properly, but hopefully thats cured it. If not I will have to find another idea. Sorry I couldn't help a bit more. The rods were quite easy and luckily I had enough of the morter tube. Hope it goes well for you and thanks for the question. Adam.
Really good video mate. This has given me confidence to spend the money on this stuff (I didn’t think I needed the kit so thanks for that!). So I’ve only got a single skin garage wall to do so should I buy half as much?
Thanks for the video, were going to give this ago. Has it worked? Not sure if to go with the rods or the injection. Can't seem to find out which is better.
@@amateurlifers9797 Hi Adam. It certainly is something positive. If the cavity had mortar droppings in. Hopefully too it will soak into this.( if not cleaned out) Good of you to help others out mate. Take care
@@topcatcoolio8807 yeah mine was a cheapish clarke one from machine mart, then realised the bosch was only a bit dearer I was gutted, only used it a couple of times. next time i use it, it will probably be knackered lol.
Is this recommended if I have issue in box room upstairs. Also hiw do I gauge where to drill if my outside walls are rendered a d cannot see mortar lines
Hi sorry tried looking for a diagram, thought I saw one on their website but can't find it now. It's supposed to travel through all the natural capillaries in the cement and form a damp proof barrier. Hope this helps thanks Adam 👍
Hi, yes had a big drop in the coldness of the wall especially in the bedroom above, was getting lots of damp in there but now it's almost gone. It was quite easy to do it after all the measurements where done, glad I used the tape to mark it up beforehand. Hope it goes well for you. Thanks Adam.
I think it has worked, the damp seems to have gone, in the bedroom above and kitchen wall also, the walls feel warmer and the next thing to do is the plaster on the wall. I think the main test will be this winter to see if the barrier of damp proof is still there. We've had a lot of sun on it so the wall should be completely dry now so this winter I'll have to give it a check to make sure. Thanks for the comment 👍
Grate job. Also would like to see any diffence over this winter as no videos on TH-cam after when dry rods been installed. I guess you will have another 17K views. 👍👍👍😉
You’re not supposed to drill all the way through the mortar. Just so far into it to leave the bottom of the hole blocked. The rods should be cut so the outer end is 5mm into the mortar. And then filled with the mortar included in the kit
The dust was quite wet, might not have come out properly, the tool for cleaning the hole was great glad i got the kit now. And I like my balls where they are, we had to buy a new hoover wife would've chopped them off and nailed them to fence if I took it out to use on the wall lol.
waste of time this, sorry to say but these treatments are sales man’s wet dream. You should already have a damp course on your cavity wall house. may be it’s below the concrete path and it’s being bridged, never butt concrete up to the house. High ground level, bad gutters, blocker backing up drains and leaking underground water supplies are the things to look for. Prevention is better than cure. Cavity could also be full of crap, so a few bricks out and clear the cavity.
Hi its been like that since 1998, problems started about 2004, council did lots of work to house including swapping coal to gas 2005, and then it was ok for a while. We bought the house and it came back thats when I decided to try out the dryrods.
Thank you for your reply. I did at the time think I was too harsh in my criticism but it may have prompted more sympathetic comments. If it has I am pleased for you. Basically people do You tube videos for money or vanity. You should also know that the world watches "telly" all day. Expectations are high. Long and boring ones should be edited down. For example, putting 50 screws in do not need to be shown one by one. You can fast forward, you can fade in and out. If you are doing a running commentary have a fair idea of what you will say before you start. I am lecturing you which is not my intention. Looking at what others do and copying their ideas is always a good start. I wish you well.
@@mrsandman1416 I've used these on an internal wall. But I think salts have ruined plaster and kept it damp. Only a guess so fo you think that could be the case, and should I knock off the damaged plaster and replace it with some new?
Hi all I plan on doing a follow up video next month (time off at work lol) on how it has worked, I will be showing why I did it this way and what some comments have been like good and bad. And what if any my plans are next. THIS IS NOT A HOW TO, OR SPONSORED VIDEO, AS MOST OF YOU CAN TELL IT'S AN AMATEUR VIDEO ( SOME CAN'T TRUST ME LOL) Sorry for shouting but some need to get it through to their brains, that I am trying to stop damp in my house and I have never done anything like this before.
Thanks for reading my bit of a rant see you in December.
Please show the plaster inside your house to see if it has dried. Also did you have to replaster or was it ok to paint over?
Thanks for the video, very helpful.
Looking fwd to this as just about measure up for my house.👍
Hi again due to some setbacks the update will be soon, was hoping for end of last month but work and family life has got in the way, including being a grandad for the first time to an impatient boy who decided to come out 14 weeks early, so as you can imagine rather time consuming.
I did this for a client last year. Brilliant bit of kit........all i did different was 1....wear some knee pads...!! & 2.....adapt my hoover nozzle with some heated up & moulded tubing to speed up the cleaning of the debris from the holes. Nice vid mate, hope it`s cleared the damp.
Fortunately this is a good video, There is everything lots of good footage of the operation with good tips of marking the wall with tape to make it look easy. He took time to show us , he didnt have to.
Thanks for your comment BigD 👍 and thanks for watching.
Pro tip: you can watch series at kaldroStream. Been using it for watching lots of of movies lately.
@Tomas Killian yup, been using Kaldrostream for since december myself =)
@Tomas Killian Yup, have been watching on kaldrostream for since november myself :D
@Tomas Killian Yup, have been using Kaldrostream for since november myself =)
Awesome video on the installation progress and a great nod to MCM 👍
I was thinking of having a go with this myself as i had loads of damp walls in my bungalow, however as it needed treated from the inside, there was loads of plastering etc so i got a company in to do it. I had a few good convos with the guys doing it, one thing they did tell me....if the damp on your walls inside the home is above 1 meter, then chances are its not rising damp, as the weight of the water rising against gravity does not travel higher than 1 meter. I had 8 internal walls treated, that was the plaster taken off to 1 meter, the injection damp proof, and then a membrane along the wall followed by new boards and plaster. They also told me that the injection / rods were only around 30% effective in their experience, and really its the membrane on the walls that stops anything coming back through. Not that I have a clue about damp, just thought i'd relay the information in case it can help someone. Anyway, great video mate, very helpful to anyone thinking of having a go.
Thanks mate cheers
Has the damp been cured?
Yeah they would say they are only 30% effective as it puts them out of a job if people can do it themselves
Save your money it’s a con and achieves nothing f
Thanks for sharing this video. I'm looking at getting this done soon as the main living room on the ground has notieable 'Rising Damp'.
Used these , three months on, the rods look just the same, the mortar in my wall is still reading 33% on my meter, ( and this is in the summer months ) which is the maximum it will go to. I think I have been conned, big time. Thank god I only did a 10 foot interior wall, as a test before doing the whole house.
might be penetrating damp or ingress instead of rising mate
Thanks for sharing buddy, gonna tackle this on weekend
Hi I've watched this video very educational thanks, i can't find the other one showing the job once completed the one you said you was going to do next.
Thanks very much for the video. I am trying to decide whether I am going to have to do from both the inside and the outside walls separately with cut dryrods, or whether I could do the same as yourself. I saw 'Skill Builder' do the same as you, but he never answers comments so no idea if it worked. The rod will bridge the cavity, but so do wall ties, so not sure if this is an issue or not. So the big question, three years on, is has it worked? Thanks.
I'd maybe look for other sources damp, ie condensation.
Raised external ground levels.
Blocked drains/broken drains.
Inadequate rainwater disposal.
Blocked or missing sub floor air vents.
Modern plastic paints.
Cement renders.
Gypsum plastic.
..... to name a few
Hi ,if I understand correctly this kit is used internally after removal of skirting and old plaster . I would be interested to hear what others think. Thanks
I used a vacuum nozzle to suck the dust out.
Hi mate
Thanks for sharing video. Can you please tell me if it sorted out the rising damp. I have a similar problem and wonder if this is a good solution.
Cheers
Good vid, im about to do this today while im off work and this has helped a ton.
Good luck with it, plenty of cups of tea on standby, and I wish I'd had knee pads when I did ours lol.
@@amateurlifers9797 haha I forgot to put the kettle on, broke a drill (cable snapped 🤣) but managed to do it in the end. Lass has just made an afternoon tea as apparently I deserve it haha.
@@jamesstephenson1983 had my battery drill go down 2 weeks ago my drop saw and i bought a table saw as well spent my holiday pay already on tools lol, and when i did dryrods i had to make my own teas lol glad you got it sorted 👍
@@amateurlifers9797 thats my kinda luck that. I need a table saw to sort out sawing up the old fence to burn in the chiminea. Yeah finally got sorted, all thanks to this vid :)
@@jamesstephenson1983 was going to get table saw from b&q they was £50 for a small one, but they didn't have any. Went to screwfix and got a titan one with own legs for £99 alot bigger than the b&q but bigger is always better lol
Great job. Admire your patients!
So, did it work?
Thanks for video I'm planning to do soon much appreciated with instruction not sure if I still need to take plaster off from inside to do the same or will be enough to do it from out side how was the affect did this product did well ?? thanks you so much
would you recommend to drill it in internally, or do it from the outside?
How is it now 3 years on ??
Thanks for sharing your experience
I think this is something I can do myself now… but before I do…
How well has it worked? Did you see any benefit to the process over time?
Hi the wall inside upstairs was very cold to the touch but now it seems better, I'm going to leave it a bit more before I check it properly, but hopefully thats cured it. If not I will have to find another idea.
Sorry I couldn't help a bit more. The rods were quite easy and luckily I had enough of the morter tube.
Hope it goes well for you and thanks for the question.
Adam.
Thanks for sharing. I think I can do this myself now.
It's just a ball ache with the drill I had rests every 10 holes lol.
Fantastic. Thanks for sharing. What’s your thoughts on the gun sikamur injectacream 100?
Hi did it work ? Thanks for sharing
Really good video mate. This has given me confidence to spend the money on this stuff (I didn’t think I needed the kit so thanks for that!). So I’ve only got a single skin garage wall to do so should I buy half as much?
Good luck with it, only hard thing for me was trying to get back up after being on my knees for a long time lol
Thanks for the video, were going to give this ago. Has it worked? Not sure if to go with the rods or the injection. Can't seem to find out which is better.
I prefer the rods less mess lol have 5 months to wait to see if ours worked. Good luck with it 👍
@@amateurlifers9797 did it work :-)
sorry just saw your other reply!
Hello Buddy it looks like you have a Bridged Cavity possibly caused by the bricking up of a door opening so the right hand side of that is very damp?
Any update? Did it cure the damp then?
Good job done mate it looks like!!! Have been thinking of doing this my self!!!! How is urs looking now?!?
To be honest, it's looking good it was mainly the wall upstairs in small bedroom and landing being cold and feeling damp, but now it's a lot better.
Please tell us if this worked.
Wasn't that a cavity wall mate? Therefore if, only need to cut Rod 90mm under 4". For single skin Thanks for vid
Hi i think i Chopped them down a bit, and yes it is cavity, but it is quite a thick wall hoping it will sort out the damp. Cheers Adam.
@@amateurlifers9797 Hi Adam. It certainly is something positive. If the cavity had mortar droppings in. Hopefully too it will soak into this.( if not cleaned out) Good of you to help others out mate. Take care
@@amateurlifers9797 I got a Bosch pro drill . Cuts in like butter mate
@@topcatcoolio8807 yeah mine was a cheapish clarke one from machine mart, then realised the bosch was only a bit dearer I was gutted, only used it a couple of times. next time i use it, it will probably be knackered lol.
Is this recommended if I have issue in box room upstairs. Also hiw do I gauge where to drill if my outside walls are rendered a d cannot see mortar lines
Same issue here. I will knock off the mortar to expose the bricks if I have to :)
@@ukgardener973 I'm starting mine tomorrow
Ehup! Whats it like a year on, has the damp been cured?
Fuck the haters on here m8 I think u done a great job really helped me to undertake this job cheers pal
Cheers good luck with it. Measuring the holes helped and told me how many rods i needed, hope it goes well for you.👍
I’d like to see a cross diagram of the rod /rods spread across the mortar after installation to create the barrier
Hi sorry tried looking for a diagram, thought I saw one on their website but can't find it now. It's supposed to travel through all the natural capillaries in the cement and form a damp proof barrier. Hope this helps thanks Adam 👍
Hey, thinking of doing this myself, how has it held up over the winter months? Noticed any improvement?
Hi, yes had a big drop in the coldness of the wall especially in the bedroom above, was getting lots of damp in there but now it's almost gone. It was quite easy to do it after all the measurements where done, glad I used the tape to mark it up beforehand. Hope it goes well for you. Thanks Adam.
Great vid
SOUND MATE THANK YOU 👍
Any updates on its efficiency after a year?
I think it has worked, the damp seems to have gone, in the bedroom above and kitchen wall also, the walls feel warmer and the next thing to do is the plaster on the wall. I think the main test will be this winter to see if the barrier of damp proof is still there. We've had a lot of sun on it so the wall should be completely dry now so this winter I'll have to give it a check to make sure.
Thanks for the comment 👍
Grate job. Also would like to see any diffence over this winter as no videos on TH-cam after when dry rods been installed. I guess you will have another 17K views. 👍👍👍😉
Hi Sir, I need to course damp proofing
What’s the cleaning tool called thanks
Dryrod hole cleaning tool £19.99 on amazon not sure if that's the cheapest one, did a screenshot but don't know how to put it on here lol.
Can i ask did it work has it stoped the damp
Hi i think so, but going to give it the full six months before i make my mind up lol.
How far do you drill in if it as no cavity
Sorry threw packaging away but I'm sure it will be on dryrod website, i read quite a bit on there. Good luck 👍
You’re not supposed to drill all the way through the mortar. Just so far into it to leave the bottom of the hole blocked.
The rods should be cut so the outer end is 5mm into the mortar. And then filled with the mortar included in the kit
Dust looks fairly dry tbh.
Oh yeah. Your house is gonna be dry as a bone now! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
That's a hammer drill you're using not a harley Davison throttle 😜
More of a sports bike type myself, but of course you have to give a few healthy revs 😆 #sendit
Could of hoovered the dust out,
The dust was quite wet, might not have come out properly, the tool for cleaning the hole was great glad i got the kit now. And I like my balls where they are, we had to buy a new hoover wife would've chopped them off and nailed them to fence if I took it out to use on the wall lol.
I've watched a few of these dryrod videos and wondered why the dust wasn't just hoovered out. Thanks for clarifying.
@@ookoro It's because the mortar can be very damp therefore isn't like dust which can be vacuumed out.
waste of time this, sorry to say but these treatments are sales man’s wet dream.
You should already have a damp course on your cavity wall house. may be it’s below the concrete path and it’s being bridged, never butt concrete up to the house. High ground level, bad gutters, blocker backing up drains and leaking underground water supplies are the things to look for. Prevention is better than cure.
Cavity could also be full of crap, so a few bricks out and clear the cavity.
Good useful 'how to' on these rods. Im a bit worried for you though, you are puffung like a trooper through the video? 😕
Killed my knees lol it's the getting up that knackered me lol
ext ground level is to high
Hi its been like that since 1998, problems started about 2004, council did lots of work to house including swapping coal to gas 2005, and then it was ok for a while. We bought the house and it came back thats when I decided to try out the dryrods.
Waste of time, you need to clean the cavity out, the biggest problem damp
It’s condensation not rising damp
I cleaned my cavity out 20 years ago, it made no difference, turned out the floor was fractured.... Used the Rods and sorted it 😁👍
What a load of crap, look for the problem not the con artist that sells damp products.
Thank you for your reply. I did at the time think I was too harsh in my criticism but it may have prompted more sympathetic comments. If it has I am pleased for you.
Basically people do You tube videos for money or vanity.
You should also know that the world watches "telly" all day. Expectations are high. Long and boring ones should be edited down. For example, putting 50 screws in do not need to be shown one by one. You can fast forward, you can fade in and out. If you are doing a running commentary have a fair idea of what you will say before you start.
I am lecturing you which is not my intention. Looking at what others do and copying their ideas is always a good start.
I wish you well.
Sadly this is a poor video. There is little focus with lots of shots of wall and plenty of waffle
You do realise this is TH-cam. If you want a professional video of the product go to the website
@@mrsandman1416 I've used these on an internal wall. But I think salts have ruined plaster and kept it damp. Only a guess so fo you think that could be the case, and should I knock off the damaged plaster and replace it with some new?
would you recommend to drill it in internally, or do it from the outside?